Science at the Frontiers


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Science, Technology and Education at the Frontiers

National Science Foundation Vision

NSF Strategic Goals

NSF Role in Federal Academic Basic Research: 1998

Knowledge is the currency....

Number of U.S. Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

Ratio of First S&E Degrees to 24-year-olds

Percent Change in Graduate Degrees

U.S. Commission quote

U.S. Workforce Comparison

Labor Force Growth Rates

Graduate Student Stipend Chart

Learning Research

Classrooms: 1890, 1950, today

Frontiers (IT, Nano, BE)

Nanochip for Nerve Tissues

Micromachined Needles

Fly's Eye and Nano-Needles

Moore's Law for Genomes

Bio-Language Homologies

Biocomplexity

Where Discoveries Begin